High 7.8Published Dec 29, 2016

CVE-2016-7080The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vect…

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The graphic acceleration functions in VMware Tools 9.x and 10.x before 10.0.9 on OS X allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7079.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

vmware tools vmware:tools	through 10.0.8; 10.0.0; 10.0.5; 10.0.6; 9.0.0; 9.0.1; 9.0.5; 9.0.10; and 15 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92938	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036804
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0014.html	vendor-advisory

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